William C. Bridges

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
309 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

William C. Bridges is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, William C. Bridges has authored 309 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Plant Science, 44 papers in Molecular Biology and 40 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in William C. Bridges's work include Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (17 papers), Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (17 papers) and Turfgrass Adaptation and Management (17 papers). William C. Bridges is often cited by papers focused on Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (17 papers), Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (17 papers) and Turfgrass Adaptation and Management (17 papers). William C. Bridges collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and France. William C. Bridges's co-authors include Stephen J. Klaine, Steven J. Knapp, Terri Bruce, Patricia Adair Gowaty, Thomas C. Jenkins, Edwin A. Deitch, Jason K. Norsworthy, Lambert B. McCarty, David Birkes and Melissa B. Riley and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

William C. Bridges

284 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Responses of Hyalella azteca to acute and chronic microplastic exposures
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William C. Bridges United States 39 1.8k 812 802 747 733 309 5.5k
Manqiang Liu China 41 2.2k 1.2× 495 0.6× 1.0k 1.3× 670 0.9× 284 0.4× 205 5.7k
Mark E. Payton United States 55 3.0k 1.6× 1.3k 1.6× 586 0.7× 1.6k 2.1× 807 1.1× 448 12.4k
Olaf Schmidt Ireland 44 1.4k 0.8× 869 1.1× 459 0.6× 1.5k 2.0× 390 0.5× 248 7.0k
Gail Taylor United Kingdom 52 4.4k 2.4× 1.1k 1.4× 549 0.7× 377 0.5× 480 0.7× 230 10.4k
Jennifer M. DeBruyn United States 39 1.1k 0.6× 821 1.0× 1.3k 1.6× 292 0.4× 296 0.4× 95 5.4k
Christian Balzer Switzerland 6 2.3k 1.2× 358 0.4× 214 0.3× 921 1.2× 299 0.4× 8 5.8k
J. M. Lynch United Kingdom 56 4.8k 2.6× 1.6k 1.9× 748 0.9× 410 0.5× 322 0.4× 252 10.9k
Peter Sørensen Denmark 49 1.1k 0.6× 393 0.5× 324 0.4× 558 0.7× 1.3k 1.7× 186 6.6k
Arnold M. Saxton United States 49 3.0k 1.7× 1.3k 1.6× 284 0.4× 415 0.6× 1.3k 1.8× 296 9.0k
Helen M. Wallace Australia 39 1.9k 1.0× 1.4k 1.8× 209 0.3× 1.1k 1.4× 915 1.2× 345 6.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William C. Bridges

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William C. Bridges

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kuraparthy, Vasu, Michael Jones, B. Todd Campbell, et al.. (2025). Better root length distribution in the deep soil profile enhances upland cotton performance. Field Crops Research. 325. 109805–109805. 2 indexed citations
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Bridges, William C., et al.. (2025). Assessing the viability of a proposed third-party reusable foodware system: An environmental and economic comparison. Cleaner Waste Systems. 12. 100387–100387.
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Bridges, William C., et al.. (2024). Postharvest calcium chloride dips. An effective strategy to reduce Botrytis blight severity and increase petal strength in cut roses.. Postharvest Biology and Technology. 219. 113292–113292.
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Naser, M.Z., et al.. (2024). High‐throughput phenotyping platforms for pulse crop biofortification. Plants People Planet. 7(1). 49–61. 3 indexed citations
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Marshall, Michael W., et al.. (2024). Response of Palmer amaranth accessions in South Carolina to selected herbicides. Weed Technology. 38.
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Jones, Jeryl C., et al.. (2023). Associations among computed tomographic measures of bone and muscle quality and biomechanical measures of tibiotarsal bone quality in laying hens. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 84(11). 1–9. 5 indexed citations
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Bridges, William C., et al.. (2023). Effects of sorghum-based diets with phytase superdosing on broiler performance. Applied Animal Science. 39(6). 433–442. 2 indexed citations
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Kessler, Samuel, et al.. (2022). Optimizing Active Packaging Systems Utilizing Chlorine Dioxide-Generating Sachets in the Primary Package for Food Application. ACS Food Science & Technology. 2(3). 484–492. 2 indexed citations
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Griffith, Emily H., Julia L. Sharp, William C. Bridges, et al.. (2022). The academic collaborative statistician: Research, training and evaluation. Stat. 11(1). 4 indexed citations
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Blair, M.E., et al.. (2022). Apparent metabolizable energy, growth performance and carcass traits of Japanese quail fed select modern grain sorghum varieties. Animal Bioscience. 35(12). 1911–1920. 1 indexed citations
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Feldmann, Mitchell J., Hans‐Peter Piepho, William C. Bridges, & Steven J. Knapp. (2021). Average semivariance yields accurate estimates of the fraction of marker-associated genetic variance and heritability in complex trait analyses. PLoS Genetics. 17(8). e1009762–e1009762. 14 indexed citations
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Waddle, J. Hardin, et al.. (2020). Herpetofauna Occupancy and Community Composition along a Tidal Swamp Salinity Gradient. Wetlands. 40(5). 1561–1575. 1 indexed citations
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Bridges, William C., et al.. (2018). Impact of Course Policy Changes on Calculus I DFW Rates. Journal of STEM education. 19(1). 41–47. 6 indexed citations
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Bridges, William C., et al.. (2000). The termite (Isoptera) fauna of South Carolina.. Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology. 17(4). 219–229. 9 indexed citations
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Bridges, William C., et al.. (1992). Water resources activities in Florida, 1991-92. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World.
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Bridges, William C., et al.. (1991). Water resources activities in Florida, 1990-91. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 1 indexed citations
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Bridges, William C., et al.. (1990). Water resources activities in Florida, 1989-90. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World.

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